A 43-year-old Lakewood mother is accused of human trafficking after accepting gifts and money from an Australian man who allegedly sexually assaulted her 12-year-old daughter.
Julie Anne Greiner has been charged with child sex trafficking, child pimping and a pattern of child sex assault — all felonies.
Greiner’s daughter met 23-year-old Thomas Keski, of Australia, in an online chat in mid-2014, Jefferson County prosecutors say.
The two bonded there, according to an arrest warrant, and their relationship became sexual over video chat.
Keski sent money and gifts to the girl and Greiner, including thousands of dollars that was sometimes used to pay Greiner’s rent and other bills, authorities say.
The warrant says at one point Keski sent Greiner to buy an engagement ring for her daughter, which she did.
Authorities say Keski and his mother came to Colorado where he met Greiner and her young daughter. Keski then took the group on a trip to Hawaii.
“Keski and the child slept in the same bed while Julie Greiner shared a room with Keski’s mother,” the release says.
Greiner told her daughter she “didn’t see a problem with” the age difference between Keski and the young girl, the warrant says.
An officer told Greiner during an interview that “it (looked) like she pimped her daughter out to this guy for about $10,000,” according to the warrant.
Lakewood police have been working with authorities in Australia and Keski has been arrested and charged there, according to prosecutors.
Julie Greiner was arrested Tuesday and is being held at the Jefferson County jail in lieu of $50,000 bond.
Jesse Paul: 303-954-1733, jpaul@denverpost.com or @JesseAPaul
